4 April 2011: Afternoon By The Morning News — 04 Apr 2011 America's last island prison, where staff and inmates lived side-by-side, closes in Puget Sound. Alleged Libyan rape victim set free. Woman's Day strangely fascinated with famous American ghost towns. Op: Edith Piaf led a more outrageous life--mafia involvement, prostitution--than films suggest. Scientists dissect sociological role of April Fool's Day--"tremendous" cultural pressure exists to comprehend punch lines. Now-forgotten Goiânia incident, when "carnival glitter" from abandoned cancer-treatment machine put dozens in hospital. Championship round of the 2011 Tournament of Books: Freedom vs. Goon Squad. And the winner is... Massive thanks to Field Notes, presenter of 2011's Tournament of Books--final call for free Rooster notebooks! Don't forget to pick up discounted titles from the ToB's wonderful books sponsor, Powells.com Lev Grossman on DFW's The Pale King: Wallace's finest fiction. How we coin terms with 'pants' at the end. "Locked-in" woman makes medical history after conducting orchestra by moving her eyes. Long read: Writer watches every Woody Allen film, gets scholarly over nameless characters with complex world views. James Warren explains how experts often fail because they're trying to always be right. Video: LCD Soundsystem's final show in full, including Arcade Fire visit. Murder and nation-building in Arctic Canada; see also: time-lapse videos of vegetables growing. Sam Anderson's "Five Ways of Looking at the Legend of Derek Jeter." Please Note: TMN is taking a holiday for the remainder of the week. We will resume publishing Monday, April 11.
